Benchwarmer Baseball Rules

10.0 Minor Leagues

10.1 Eligibility

In addition to the active roster and taxi squad, a team may
field a minor league roster of up to 10 players. These players
may be either hitters or pitchers in any combination. Players
may be either in the “real” major or minor leagues. However,
the BWB minor league roster is limited to players whose salary
is 250 or less.

Players can be transferred between the active roster and the
minor leagues an unlimited number of times. Changes are made
during the normal roster change procedure.

10.2 Minor League Competition

The minor league teams will compete against each other
throughout the season. The only statistics that will count
for the minor league season will be those actually played in
the minors. Players who are on the fantasy minor league
roster, but currently on a major league team will not be
included.

10.2.1 Scoring

Scoring uses one of the traditional Rotisserie formats -
a 5x5 approach in the following areas:

Hitters

Pitchers

Batting Average

ERA

Runs

Wins

HR

Saves
Innings Pitched

RBI

K

SB

WHIP (Walks & Hits per IP)

2018 change: Innings pitched replaces saves. Past
experience shows that most teams will total zero saves and
the top teams have only a handful - most teams are not
stocking minor league closers on their minor leauge rosters.

Teams are ranked by each category. The top team in a
category will receive 16 points, the 2nd place will get 15,
etc. After totaling up the 10 categories, the teams are
ranked by total points. Winning each category would earn
you a perfect score of 160.

10.2.2 Season Schedule

Statistics will be collected from your minor league
roster at the end of the year with these conditions:

The player must appear on the minor league or
prospect rosters at least once between Weeks 4 and 23

The total number of weeks the player is on the minor
league or prospect rosters between Weeks 4 and 23 will
be tallied. Weeks where a player is on the major
league roster or on the taxi squad will not count.

The number of weeks a player appears on a team's
minor league or prospect rosters between Weeks 4 and 23
will determine a percentage mulitplier for each player
in this fashion:

16+ weeks - 100%

11-15 weeks - 75%

6-10 weeks - 50%

5 or fewer weeks - 25%

Exception - if a player has fewer than 50 AB or
25 IP in the minor leagues for the season, but
qualifies for stats, their stat multiplier is 100%

The stat multiplier is multiplied by the season's
total stats in the listed categories

Each player's total Iafter the multiplier factor) is
added to the team total

10.2.3 Special Scoring Notes

Since some of the scoring categories involve averages,
and not all BWB teams carry a full minor league roster,
there is a need to define a minimum number of at bats and
innings pitched to score well. Additionally, those teams
that have some statistics for batting or pitching in minor
leagues, but don't qualify for minimums should score better
than teams with no minor league players at all. Thus the
following adjustments will be made.